Plow-point



(No Model.)

B. O. WESTERVELT.

PLOW POINT. No. 489,401; Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDMUND C. WESTERVELT, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

PLOW-POINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,401, dated January3, 1893. Application filed April 7, 1892. fierial No. 428.189- tNomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND QWESTERVELT, of South Bend, in the county ofSt. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plow-Points and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is abottom View of my improved plow point and wing. Fig. 2 is a side viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a top view.

This invention is an improvement in combined points and wings for plows,and its object is to make the point and wing integral, and at the sametime reinforce and strengthen the point so that it will withstandgreater strain and shocks incident to usage than the ordinary points,and to improve the connec-' tion between the point and standard, so thatbut one confining bolt will be necessary to secure the point and wing inworking position.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the point and winghereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings by letters; A designates the point and O thewing resembling an ordinary plow point and wing in top view. From therear edge of point however and beneath the end of wing projects arearwardly extending finger B which is adapted to underlie the toe ofthe plow standard, which fits in the recess 11 between the top offingerB and end of wing. Then a bolt is passed through the opening 0 inthe wing and secures the latter to the moldboard as usual. This bolt inconnection with the finger B firmly secures the point and wing to thestandard and moldboard, the finger enabling me to make one bolt secureboth point and wing firmly. The finger underlying the end of standardtakes all vertical strain off the securing bolts, and if, as frequentlyoccurs, the entire weight of plow is thrown on the point as in turningthe plow or in starting a furrow, the finger transmits the strain directto the standard.

In chilled points a sudden drop or blow on the point while the plow isworking will frequently break the point off the wing or wrench ofi thebolts, but in this construction the finger clasping the toe of thestandard strengthens the point and prevents breakage. By thisconstruction I lessen the number of securing bolts ordinarily required,yet firmly secure the parts in position and strengthen the plow point atits weakest part, transferring the up, down and back pressure on thepoint direct to the standard.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent thereon is;-

The herein described combined plow point and wing having a point, as A;a wing, as (3; and a rearwardly extending finger, as B, adapted tounderlie the toe of a plow standard, all substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND C. WESTERVELT.

Witnesses:

JAMES DUSHANE, H. H. HUMPHREY.

